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Private Equity Stake Securitization

Blackstone Inc. · 2026-09-23 · Importance 52 · Surprise 42 · No source text

Blackstone shelved a $3 billion collateralized fund obligation transaction intended to monetize aging private-equity stakes. The proposed transaction would have provided liquidity to investors in an older secondaries fund. Some underlying funds were as much as 20 years old. Blackstone put the transaction on hold in its current form because of insufficient buyer interest.

Key facts

• Blackstone Inc. shelved a $3 billion collateralized fund obligation deal aimed at offloading aging private equity stakes from one of its older secondaries funds. source
• The $3 billion collateralized fund obligation was put on hold in its current form due to lack of buyer interest. source
• The collateralized fund obligation deal targeted stakes in funds some of which were up to 20 years old. source

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